In this photo there are a "moon" and a "star". The arch has the shape of moon, and sunlight passing through the small hole looks like a star. This photo is taken at Turret Arch of Arches National Park. I have seen so many photos of Turret Arch, but this one gives a very different view.

Each autumn, the shortening of the hours of daylight and the return of near freezing weather triggers the breakdown of chlorophyll, the chemical that gives plants their green color. As the green fades, the quaking aspen forests decorate their mountainous landscapes with spectacular displays of shades of yellow with occasional splashes of orange and red.

Two figures walk along one of the reflecting pools at Santiago Calatrava's futuristic architectural wonder - The City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain - a massive space full of lines, repetitions & reflections.

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The interior home of one of the outback villages in the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia is as simple as it can be, devoid of much luxuries and necessities, as can be seen in the home of this Cambodia lady making herself up before she starts her day.

A slot canyon begins as a hairline crack in rock, which is beaten upon by rapidly flowing water until it becomes larger; finally over a vast period of time and a multitude of flash floods have eroded the rock, it forms a narrow crevice. The final result is a claustrophobic caverns, twisting and turning, often allowing only a glitter of glowing light into its depths. Wind, water and time carve lines on the walls of some slot canyons where flowing patterns run fluidly like the wind that help make them.

At the foot of the active Volcano Bromo on the Island of Java lies the Hindu Temple Pura Luhur Poten which is often immersed in a soft mist at dusk.
On this day Mount Bromo showed unusually strong activity, which lead to a exceptionally high and dense dust cloud.

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The Catholic faithful have been taken aback by the news of the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, the first Pope in recent history, after the "great refusal" of Celestine V in 1294, from 28 February 2013, will leave the throne of St. Peter. Joseph Ratzinger leaves his office because, he says, no longer up for health reasons.
The news goes around the world, there is amazement, disbelief, between the faithful and tourists. L 'opinion of a pilgrim: "I grew up with the pontificate of John Paul II, he fought to the end, he had to do so too Ratzinger. A Pope can not resign due to illness. "